Trousers support



Nov. 8, 1932. A. L...ANnREws 1,886,617

TROUSERS SUPPORT Filed July 1. 1951 j BY @w m ATTORNEY low waisted trousers and will Patented Nov. 8, 1932 UNITED STATES ADMIBAL LEONADIS ANDREWS, OIF SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA frnonsnns SUPPORT Application :'led July 1,

My invention relates to trousers and particularly to supporting means therefor..

It is an object of the present invention to provide a trousers support in the form of a belt secured to the inside of the trousers.

Another object of the invention is to provide an inside belt which will snugly fit the hips of the w-earer and will comfortably support the trousers without causing wrinkling of the same below the waist line.

Another object of the invention is to pro- Vide a belt for attachment to the inside of a trousers which will be equally efficient in comfort-ably supporting either high, medium or prevent bagging of the seat thereof.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof showing the same connected within the waist band of a pair of trousers;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of some of the parts of the invention before assembly; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

Referring now more specifically to the drawing, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout the same, the invention in its broadest aspect comprises a fabric belt 10 for attachment on the inside of the waist band of a trousers 11 whereby to comfortabl support the trousers while the belt itself remains invisible.

The fabric belt 10 is made up of three sections 12, 13 and 14. The section 12 extends around the major portion of the body of the wearer and has the sections 13 and 14 secured to the respective ends thereof, the section 13 1931. Serial No. 548,178.

carrying a buckle or other fastening element 15 while the section 14 is formed with engaging elements 16 for cooperation with the buckle in' joining the ends of the belt together. Y

The section 12 of the belt 10 is formed of a considerably wider piece of fabric than sections 13 and 14 and is folded outwardly upon itself to form a depending skirt or strip 17 which extends through the length of section 12. The fabric forming the section 12 is preferably woven so as to be automatically folded at the point 18 so that when the belt is removed for washing it will always assume the correct shape without necessitating any forming operation.

lThe turned down skirt or strip 17 formed with the belt section 12 is provided with a series of spaced button holes 19 whereby the j strip 17 may be attached on the inside of the 70 waist band of the trousers 11 through the medium of buttons 20 sewed at similarly spaced intervals within said waist band at the lower edge thereof adjacent the juncture of the waist band with the body portion of the trou- In order to prevent wrinkling of the belt lower edge or the waist band the waist band 5 10 without making the fabric so heavy as to .90

be uncomfortable, I have provided reinforcements in the form of stays 21 at spaced intervals around the belt, and having one stay Y beneath each button hole 19 as the greatest cross pressure on the belt will occur at these points. The stays 21 may be formed of any suitable semi-flexible materia-l and are enclosed within pockets 22 which are sewed to the belt on the outer face thereof.

The belt section 12 has a button hole 19 formed adjacent each end of the skirt sec- N The buckle 15 is detachably secured to the Y tion 17 thereof at the point of attachment with the sections 13 and 14 to said section 12. The sections 13 and 14, as illustrated in connection with the section 13 in Fig. 5 have one of the stay members 21 enclosed within a fold 23 over one end thereof and this folded end is then sewed as at 24 tothe belt section 12 adjacent the ends thereof so that the stays 21 will underlie the button holes 19 adjacent said ends. It will thus be seen that the stitchingV which serves to enclose the stays 21 in the folded-portions ofthe ends of the belt sections 13 and 14 also serves to attach said sections to the respective ends of the section 12.

Vfree endf ofthe belt section 13 in the following manner: the buckle proper `is formed of a substantially flat piece of metal 25 having a clamping plate 26 pivotally mounted between rearwardly extending ears or lianges 27 formed with the upper and lower edges of the plate portion 25. The belt section 13 has. its free end bent outwardlyT back upon itself as at 28 and inserted between the clamping plate 26 and the face 25 of the buckle 15 whereby the clamping plate 26 will lie within the fold between the end portion 28 and the section 13 and will thus be entirely en closed and prevented vfrom coming into. contact with the body of the wea-rer. The forward edge of the buckle 15 is bifurcated and ments 16 on the belt section 14. The engaging Y the furcations 29 are bent inwardly back upon the plate 25- to form hooks or engaging members for engagement with the engaging eleelements 16 carried by the free end of the belt section 14 may be formed as shownin Figs. 1

and 2 by providing a plurality of pleats 30 adjacenttheend of thesection 14 and sewing the pleats down at thecenter and at each edge thereofas at 31, the furcations 29 of the Y hook portion of the buckle 15 being engaged on either side of the central row of stitching.

If desired a ladder of braid may be provided in lieu of the pleats 30 or the end of the belt may be formed with a plurality ofspaced vertical slits in the natureof button holes for engagement with the furcations 29 of the buckle 15.

'Ihe faceplate 25 of the buckle 15 is formed with a button opening 32 for engagement with a button sewed on the inner face of the inner fly portion of th-e trousers at the waist band seam, the button being horizontally alined with the remainder of the buttons 20 and the opening 32 being also alined with the button holes 19. An inwardly extending lip or flange 33 is formed with the buckle 15 at the lower end of the button opening 32 and an inwardly directed flange 33a is also formed with the rear edge of the portion 25 of the buckle so that the edge 'of the button engaged 1n said opening may engage said flanges,

thereby preventing the edges kof the metal will be vprevented from from cutting the threads by which the button is attached to the trousers regardless of the direction of pull upon the belt.

Itwill be noted upon an inspection of Figure 2 that the end of the belt section 14 ei:- tends beyond the pleated portion thereof and underlies the end of the section 13 and the buckle 15 thereby further `assuring that no metallic portion of the belt will come in contact with the body of the wearer.

In the modifiedV form of the invention shown in Fig. 6, the belt is formed substantially as' described above but the end section 13a thereof is4 provided with a slightly differen't'form of buckle 15a. In this form of the invention the face of the buckle 15a is formed with the upper and lower edges thereof and which are bent back upon the rear face ofthe ing 36 in the form of an eye which opens upon the rear edge of said buckle. VThe forward edge of the buckle is bent upon itself as at 37 for engagement with a slotted fastening plate 38 carried by the belt section 14a. The slotted fastening element 38 is secured to the belt section 14aI in precisely the same manner asthe buckle 15a is secured to the belt section 130i.V

Itr has been found thatY an inside belt as above described fastened at its upper edge to the inner face of the waist band of the trousers at the lower edge thereof will form a particularly satisfactory support for the trousers, comfortably holding them in proper position without bagging or wrinkling.,V The use of my inside belt also eliminatestlie necessity or i cinching the top of the trousers which results in bagging of the seat and causes themtohang improperly. i

Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it will be understood that various changes in the details of construction may be made without-,departing fromthe spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim: Y y

1. In combination with, a pair of trousers having a waistband, a belt secured to said waistband on the inside thereof and at the lower edge of said waistband, means for: securing the ends of said belt together comprising a buckle membercarried by one end thereof and cooperating buckle engaging elements carried by the other end thereof, said buckle having spaced vertically extending portions andone end of said belt being bent outwardly back upon itself and having said end engaged between said portions-whereby said buckle contacting the body of the wearer.

2. In combination with a pair of trousers',

`having a waistband, a, fabric belt and a buckle member carried by one end of the belt, a. buckle-engaging element carried by the other end of the belt, the ends of the belt being bent back upon its respective buckle member and the buckle-engaging element t prevent said members from contacting with the body of the Wea-rer, and means for retaining the bent back portions ofthe belt in position.

ADMIRAL L. ANDREWS. 

